Whether you are a company manager, a foreign entrepreneur, or an
investor, sooner or later you might face an issue of debt
collection in Poland. You might find yourself either as a creditor
intending to quickly recover what is owed or a debtor intending to
control liquidity or debt collection expenses. Below we present the
most common questions and answers concerning debt collection in
Poland.
Types of debt collection in Poland
There are two types of debt collection in Poland:
- amicable (extrajudicial) and
- judicial debt collection.
These processes are different, but they also share certain
common features. Creditors wanting to recover an outstanding
payment should remember that in many cases they may need to use the
amicable method of debt collection before seeking a court's
intervention. Debt collection procedure in Poland can be
initiated against natural persons and legal persons, such as
companies and partnerships, as well as associations,
